Thomas Hood was a British humorist and poet. His son, Tom Hood, became a well known playwright and editor.
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“That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defence of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.”
Thomas Hood
“Being used but sisterly salutes to feel, Insipid things - like sandwiches of veal”